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July 24, 1998 CAPITOL SHOOTING INCIDENT Two Capitol Police officers, Detecve JohnMichael Gibson and Officer Jacob Joseph Chestnut, were killed when amentally deranged gunman opened fire inside the Capitol's east front ground floor entrance. Gibson and Chestnut received the tribute of lying in honor in the Capitol rotunda; the first police officers, and Chestnut the first African American, so honored. Thememorial plaque to Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detecve John Gibson is located near the site where they gave their lives defending the Capitol. December 19, 1998–February 12, 1999 IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON The House of Representaves impeached President Bill Clinton on two charges on December 19, 1998: one of perjury and a second of obstruc- on of jusce. The Senate trial acquied the president of those charges on February 12, 1999, failing to remove himfromoffice by votes of 45–55 on the first charge and 50–50 on the second (a two-thirdsmajority, or 67 votes, was necessary for convicon). Senators wrote quesons on cards such as these to be asked at the Senate trial of President Bill Clinton. Chief JusceWilliamRehnquist presided. 30 THE CAPITOL DOME ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL PRIVATE COLLECTION